An Ondo State Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has remanded a 16-year-old boy, Lekan Mustapha and his guardian, Zulum Yisa, for alleged kidnapping. The teenager, during his arraignment on Tuesday, February 28, told the court that they used biscuits and magical rings to abduct nine children and took the victims to one…
Suspected bandits have kidnapped a female councillor, Hannatu Bawa, in Plateau State, Hannatu Bawa. Bawa, who represents Kabwir-Fadar Ward in the Kanke Local Government Area of the state, was abducted in the early hours of Tuesday, February 21, 2023. According to the Punch report, she was in her house located on Kabwir-Dawaki road…
The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested members of a notorious six-man kidnap gang including a 30-year-old man, Thomas Yau, who masterminded the abduction of his biological mother. The spokesperson of the command, SP Mohammed Shehu, who made this known while addressing newsmen at the police headquarters in Gusau, the state capital, said that…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Commissioner for Women Affairs in Cross River State, Gertrude Nnanjar Njar, in Calabar. An eyewitness, Samuel Okon, told the News Agency of Nigeria that she was forcefully taken out of her official car by masked young men on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. According to Mr…
Gunmen have abducted Joshua Ahmadu, the district Head of Chawai in Kauru Local Government of Kaduna State. Abel Adamu, president of Chawai Development Association, CDA, confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. Mr Adamu, in the statement signed by Raphael Joshua, Public Relations Officer of CDA, said that the traditional ruler…
One person has been killed by gunmen who attacked a cattle ranch in Awba -Ofemili, Awka North local government area of Anambra State. Southeast chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria MACBAN, Alhaji Gidado Sidikki, told reporters that one Usman Haruna was abducted during the invasion. The suspected gunmen stormed the cattle ranching hub…
Six persons have been kidnapped in a one-week siege by gunmen at Ikem community in Isi-Uzo local government area of Enugu State. The Nation reported that the situation has worsened security matters in Isi-uzo Local Government Area, that is yet to recover from the wanton killings by suspected herdsmen militia at Eha-Amufu, a neighboring community. …
The Katsina State Police Command has rescued four kidnapped victims during raids on criminal hideouts in three villages in the state. Spokesperson of the command, SP Gambo Isah, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, January 16, 2023, said one of the rescued victims sustained a gunshot wound and was rushed to the hospital for…
The Katsina State Police command has arrested a Kano teenager, Abdulrazak Ibrahim, who connived with his two accomplices and kidnapped his 6-year-old cousin. Abdulrazak and his accomplices, Aliyu Salisu, and Muhammed Ibrahim, all 19, kidnapped the victim, Fatima Abubakar in Kano State and whisked her to Katsina, where they demanded a two million naira as…
Police in Awendo, Migori County in Kenya have arrested a Form Four student, Joseph Odhiambo, who faked his own abduction. The 22-year-old student of a secondary school in Kisii County disappeared from home on Thursday, January 5, 2023. Awendo Sub-County Police Commander Mathias Pombo, who confirmed the development on Wednesday, told The Standard that the…
The Kwara State Police Command has rescued one of the a man recently kidnapped in the state. A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, gave the name of the rescued victim as Alhaji Tunde Buhari, who is the chairman of the Oluwalose community in Okolowo, Ilorin. Okasanmi added that the…
Men of the Plateau state Police Command have foiled the attempted kidnap of the Speaker Plateau State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Yakubu Sanda. A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Alfred Alabo, says on January 6, at about 11.20pm while the Speaker arrived his residence at Federal Low-cost in…
Operatives of the Zamfara State Police Command have rescued 15 persons abducted by bandits along Gusau -Tsafe Road. Addressing newsmen at the command headquarters in Gusau on Thursday, January 5, 2023, police spokesperson, SP Mohammed Shehu said the victims, comprising seven women, six men and two children, were kidnapped on Monday, when bandits blocked the highway. The PPRO…
Niger State Police Command has rescued 13 kidnap victims in Gurara and Paiko local government areas in the state. The state’s commissioner for Internal Security and Humanitarian Affairs, Emmanuel Umar, who disclosed this on Saturday, December 31, said the rescue operation was achieved as a result of a tip-off by residents of the area which…
Suspected bandits have killed a pregnant woman, Mrs Mary Barka, during an attempt to kidnap her husband in Pelachiroma village, Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State. The Chairman of Hunters, Mohammed Shawulu Yohanna, who confirmed the incident in an interview with journalists on Monday, December 12, 2022, said the suspects have since been arrested…
Men of the Joint Security Task Force have killed 20 bandits and rescued five kidnap victims during a clearance operation in Gaskiya Bana, a border village between Niger and Kaduna States in Munya local government of Niger State. The bandits were said to be working for a notorious bandits Kingpin Alhaji Leyi who has his…
Zamfara State Police Command has rescued a 75-year-old man from kidnappers in Zamfara State. Alhaji Muhammad Sheshi, a native of Enagi village in Edati Local Government Area of Niger State, had been in captivity for two months before he was rescued on Friday, Dec. 2. The victim was medically checked at the Police clinic…
Troops of Operation Forest Sanity continued fighting patrols in Chikun/Kachia/Kajuru Local Government Areas of Kaduna State, with three kidnapped victims rescued and several bandit camps destroyed. The State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, said troops discovered corpses of two unidentified female…
Six abducted women have been rescued by the police in Zamfara state alongside a one-year-old kidnap victim. Police spokesman in the state, SP Muhammad Shehu, said the victims were abducted from Kadamutsa village in Zurmi Local Government Area of the state on November 24. They were rescued along Zurmi-Jibia Highway on Saturday, November 26. The rescue…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Richard Omosehin, a former Senior Special Assistant to the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu. It was gathered that the gunmen invaded Omosehin’s residence in Igbekebo, the headquarters of Ese-Odo Local Government Area of the state around 2 am on Saturday, November 19, 2022. The kidnappers numbering about six…